Posted on 10/06/2026 9:50:04 AM PDT by Red Badger
Move over, Richard Nixon.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) was so disgusted with a new report ex-special prosecutor Jack Smith covertly tracked the phone calls and emails White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles sent in 2024, while she was co-chairing President Donald Trump’s campaign, that he said it was a “bigger scandal than Watergate.”
Lee said Smith’s actions should go down in history as a disgrace in a Monday morning X post.
“Again: this is objectively a bigger scandal than Watergate,” Lee posted. “The main difference is that the Democrat establishment & media happily look the other way when the DOJ is used to spy upon Donald Trump’s campaign chief, with no regard for the dangerous precedent set.”
His remarks were added to a post from The Daily Signal, which reported Smith “monitored” Wiles and her communications with five journalists from outlets like CNN and the Washington Post; Smith also tracked the communications she had with 21 defense attorneys and a number of political advisers, the report said.
“Smith’s team obtained the information through what is called a pen register, sometimes called a trap-and-trace device,” the report explained. “This does not access the content of conversations. Rather, it’s a surveillance tool that records metadata, such as the numbers called and the times of the calls.”
Smith started tracking Wiles in early 2023, according to the report.
The Daily Signal’s scoop comes a week after Smith was grilled by Congress over his probes into Trump.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) went off on him at one point, accusing Smith of leading “disgraceful” investigations which would go down in history as the “most egregious abuse of power in the history of the Department of Justice.”
The Texas conservative, as the ex-prosecutor sat across from him during his congressional testimony in Washington, D.C., claimed Smith’s “witch hunt” against Trump and other Republicans was driven by a crazed obsession with bringing down his political enemies. He also made a Nixon reference.
“Let me say congratulations, because you have succeeded where Richard Nixon failed, which is weaponizing the Department of Justice to go after your political opponents,” Cruz said. “Congratulations.”
Smith didn’t let the hearing wreck his week, though. He was spotted donning his “No Kings” shirt at the Power to the People Festival in Maryland on Saturday, where Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl gave him a shoutout while onstage.
“This one goes out to my new friend Jack!” Grohl yelped, as he started playing “My Hero.”
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Just because you don’t physically break into a hotel room and search/spy for stuff cloak-and-dagger style doesn’t mean you aren’t spying.
I want to know when they are going to start asking what the media asked back in the Nixon days. What did the president know and when did he know it?
“Crows”?
Mike Lee ain’t wrong.
Watergate was a Sunday School picnic compared to what Jack Smith was orchestrating.
Good lord - Sean James would be having a meltdown if this had been done to Obama or any other DNC official,
But because he approves of sedition and treason when it’s against the GOP and it’s all “teehee he’s comparing this to watergate”
Major retard.
Notice when Dems accuse the other side of doing a “Watergate” the media headline is MUCH different than when a Republican accuses the other side. Yeah, they spied on members of congress and senate, took their phone records, notice ZERO outrage from the same commies who would be rioting if it happened to them
“Disgraceful.”
“Most egregious abuse of power in the history of the Department of Justice.”
And yet, all you pussy Repukelicans do is sit around and hem and haw for the cameras and allow the illegality to go unpunished. Want to know why the only reason conservatives come out to vote is when Trump is on the ballet? Because he’s the only one that calls out these vile, evil, POS pervert libtards and works to reverse their demented policies. Unfortunately, because of you useless pussies, he can’t even do that due to your gutlessness and refusal to support him. Absolutely worthless.
Mike Lee talks; Ted Cruz talks; President Trump talks. Not one indictment to be seen.
Not hard. Watergate was a big nothing burger.
Not according to the wormtongue media.
“”Not hard. Watergate was a big nothing burger.””
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Not to the uninformed, ignorant average American. It was hyped up by lying lamestream media and made into a very huge burger... with bacon, onions and fries.
Most Americans now connect Nixon with “Crook”... as intended by the radical left. Same thing with approximately half of Americans that think Trump is a criminal... just due to the amount of prosecutions, indictments and accusations brought against him by the Democrats.
The politics of personal and political destruction has worked very well for the left thus far. Look how many on the right they have driven out of politics. No doubt, making false accusations will continue to work for them. Maybe better than ever now, with the assistance of AI.
You beat me to it...lol.
“Crows” 😂😂😂
Buffoons.
What will be done about it Mike?
Another hearing? Maybe a terse letter?
BFD
Hwy Mikeie of the no-spine US Senate. Now you know why Trump is so pissed off. Maybe now you spineless Republican Senators who work 3 4 days every 2 weeks will finally do something, but same old bs goes on: lots of talk, zero action...Hey Rick Scott, get off your butt and represent us. Floridians demand Jack Smith be indicted now; it’s time to grow a spine... not next election...
Turns out everything is bigger than Watergate. Only difference is Watergate had consequences.
Watergate was the scalp they wanted to collect from Nixon, since he exposed Alger Hiss.
Watergate was a fake scandal concocted by the disgusting “Washington Post”! It made many young people want to be journalists! How did that work out for them? And it also gave us Hillary Rodham!
Meanwhile:
.....[Jack] Smith didn’t let the hearing wreck his week, though. He was spotted donning his “No Kings” shirt at the Power to the People Festival in Maryland on Saturday, where Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl gave him a shoutout while onstage.....
Is “Jack Smith” his real name?
And—” Power to the People! Off the pig!” I thought that we were long done with that!
Rick Scott was one of 3 to run for senate majority leader, he is close to Trump, but Trump probably knew he would get it and it would further tick off thune. Trump had to kiss thune but and try to act nice. He had no choice, the senators don’t care what Trump thinks like that dick from NC, the cow, McConnell himself and others. Rick tried but the senate is hopeless, Rick is the one who could actually lead the senate to support Trump if he could just get elected. The Cruz’s and Lee’s could never get the loser moderates to follow them.
The main difference is that the Democrat establishment & media happily look the other way when the DOJ is used to spy upon Donald Trump’s campaign chief.
Legality isn’t a option when going after Trump he’s the greatest risk to expose the left of their actions.
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